Hat and coat rack



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H'. WESTPHAL. HAT AND COAT RACK.

No. 506,756. Patented ont. 17, 18.93.

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' H..WESTPHAL;

HAT AND` GOAT RACK. No. 506,756. l Patented 00h17, 1893.

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@dawn UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

HENRY WESTPHAL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

HAT AND COAT RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,756, dated October17, 1893.

' Application filed April 2, 1892. seria No. 427.505. (No model.)

To @liu/hom it may concern.-

Be it known `that I, HENRY. WESTPHAL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Hat and CoatRack and Receptacle for other Articles, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements-in combined hat and coat racksand receptacles for other articles, and consists in certainpeculiarities of the construction and novel arrangement of the variousparts thereof, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth andspeciiically claimed.

The object of this invention is to aord a device for the sai e keepingof hats and coats, and other articles, when desired, in which thearticles and key used in locking them in the case, cannot both beremoved at the same time.

In my application for Letters Patent No. 408,496, filed October 12,1891, for an improvement in hat and coat racks,I have set forth a devicewhich is designed for the above named purpose, but in which the hat andcoat hooks are combined with the umbrella stand, and the key to the lockfor securing the garments on the hooks and the door tothe umbrellastand, may be released by placing an umbrella or similar article in thestand, the weight of which acts on a trap located in said stand, or whenthe stand is not used by raising the operating rod, while in the presentapplication the hooks and receptacle for other articles are combined,and the key to the lock for securing the garments on the hooks, and thecover'to the receptacle, may be released only by placing the garment orweight on the hat hook.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionpertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itreferring to the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure 1, is a view inside elevation, partly in section, showing the device as it appears whenready for the reception of articles. Fig. 2, is a similar view thereof,as it appears when closed or locked. Fig. 3, is a view in frontelevation, showing the apparatus closed. Fig. 4, is a view of the lockin side elevation,

with one of the plates of the casing removed, showing the key locked in.Fig. 5, is a similar view, showing the position of the parts of the lockwhen the key is removed. Fig. 6, is a plan sectional View, taken on lineX, X, of Fig. 4. Fig. 7, is a like view, taken on line Y, Y, of Fig. 5.Fig. 8, is a View in side elevation of Fig. 4, with the key, guide, stayand tumblers removed. Fig. 9, is a view partly in side elevation, takenon line Z, Z, of Fig. 3, showing the manner of connecting 'the operatingrod or handle, with the operating arm, and lock. Fig. 10, is a'yerticalsectional view 'of a modification of the hood or cover, for the hat andits operating mechanism.

Similar letters refer to corresponding parts throughout the differentviews of the drawings.

A, represents a casing made of any suitable size, form and material,which may be secured to the Wall B, of a iroom, or other support, in anydesired manner, and at a suitable point. x

Within the front or face surface, the casing A, is provided or formedwith a number of slots or openings a, a', and a2, for the passage andoperation of aportion of the operating levers and hat-hook, as will bepresently explained. The opening or slot a, is formed as shown, near theupper portion of the casing A, about mid-way between its sides, and hassecured therein, on a suitablepivot or axle b, a lever-arm b', which isrigidly secured to the hood or cover C, as is clearly shown in Figs. l,and 2, which hood may be of any desired form or construction, but in thepresent case, is made as shown, in box or rectangular form, and whenunited with the box or receptacle C', will form a complete covering forthe hat. The other end of the arm b', is pivotally secured' as at b2,toa rod or bar D, which is provided at a suitable point on its frontsurface, with ratchet teeth c, and has near its lower end a horizontalarm D', to engage lthe locking mechanism.

To the lower end of the rod D, is pivotally connected a lever d, whichis fulcrumed to the casing A, as at d', and passes through and operatesin the slot or opening a2, and has its outer portion formed into, orprovided with acover d2, of suitable size and form, to close the openingin the receptacle E, which may be made of any size and form, adaptedwith a small knob thereon, and its inner end` with a short arm e, toengage with the upper portion of the pawl F', which pawl is fulcrumed tothe sides of the casing at a point below the slot a', and operates inthe hollow of said casing, and is adapted to engage at its lower` endwith the ratchet teeth c, on the rod D; a spring e', being secured tothe innersurface of the front of the casing, and acting on the lowerportion of the pawl, thus keeping it in engagement with the ratchetteeth,`whenthe hood is in raised position.

of thecasing A, is'hinged as at e2,va box or other receptacle C', whichis provided at its bottom'withan enlargement or projection f,which,w'henthe boX is in its normal position,

contacts with the outer end of the coat-hook' G, which ispreferably'formed as shown withv Y which 'contains the lock I, and hasits side ad- 4jacent to the casing A, open, or formed with an openinggtoallow the operationtherein of The upper and lower portions of `this box,are ,provided with openings 71,' through and into which is passed andoper ates, the operating handle or rod I-I', which is:

the'arrn D'.

formedatits top with a knob or other suitablehand-hold h', and isprovided nearits middle, andwithin Ythe box H, with two hori` zontalprojections g, between which'is passed,

and engages the outer end of thearm 'D'.

On :the opposite side of the rod H', and

about midway between the projections g, is

be morefully explained. The lock I, consists of a'casing,composed of twoplates t', fi', the plate i, being formed with a slot Z, near its middleas shown, and having close to each of its endsthe ribs Im, m', both ofwhich are formed'with openings or recesses m2, m3, in which the slidingbolts M, M', operate, and are 'thereby guided in their backward andforward movements. The opening or recess m2,'is'formed near the lowerportion of the rib m, andthe opening or recess m3, near the upper end ofthe rib m'. Near their upper portions,`.and on their surfaces, adjacentto the plate t', each of the ribs m, and m', are formedA with recessesor mortises m4, for the reception and operation of the springactuatedtnmblers N, which are formed'withrecesses n, n', the lformer ofwhich engages with'the stay O, and the latter with the` sliding rib orbead N', on the piece N2, which unites the sliding bolts M, and M', andis preferably formed in cross-section, as shown in Figs. 6, and 7, withtwo projections N', and N4, at its edges, extending in oppositedirections, the flat piece Nfbeing provided near its lower portion, witha vertical slot N 3, in which fits and operates a pin or lug p, on thebifurcated cam P, which cam is pivotally secured to the plate t', at asuitable point near the upper portion of the slot Z, therein, as shownat Z'. This cam is made as clearly shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 8, with twoprongs r, r', (the latter being preferably enlarged or weighted asshown) which form an open slot or fork r2, into which will engage thelug or pin g', on the rod II.

As shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, the tumblers N, are pivotally secured Aasat o', on therod 02, having its bearings in the top and bottom i of thecasing, near the farther end from the Below the slot c', and to thefrontsurfacel key-guide, and are provided with springs o3, which areinterposed `betweenthe tumblers, and the plate Qand that they will bethus forced forward to engagewith rthe bead or rib N, on the slidingpiece N2.

Near the rib m, the casingis provided in its top and bottom, withsuitable circular openings s,`through vwhich is passed a split 1 tube,or key-guide S, which has Aitsbearing for its lower end in the dependingbracket S', on the bottom of ithe lock casing. The lower end of thekey-guide S, is provided with a spring s2, which serves'to revolvethekey-guide, till the split therein, through which the projections t, onthe key T, passto engage with the tumblers, comes into alignment withtheopening S3,therefor in the top of the casing, and is'prevented fromturning the guide'toofar by means of the v'lug or'pin s4, securedthereto, which is so placed thatit will strike-'the 'bracket S', whichacts as a check.

The stay'O, whichis provided with'a number oferecesses 05, 'tocorrespond with the number otprojections t, on thekey T, yis rigidlysecuredina vertical position longitudinally with thelock-casinggfbetweenthe"bead N', and the key-guide, and betweenthetumblers and the piece N2. This stay is employed to regulate thecombination of the lock, for it is obvious that `the projections t, onthe -key must correspond in 'number and dimensions with the recesses inthe stay; otherwise they would not pass through'the same.

In Fig. 10, I have shown a modified form of the hood Vor inclosureforthe hat, vand also amodification of the operatingmechanism, in whichthe hood or cover, instead of `being rigidly secured to the lever as-shown iu Fig. 1, and ,above described, is formed-with an arm q, towhich is secured one end of a cord or chain q', which passes over apulley Q', which pulley is journaled in the-upper portion of the casingA. The arm g, passes IOO IlO

and extends downward about the length of the cover C5. The otherl end ofthe cord or chain q1, is secured to the upper portion of the rod D5,which is formed on its front surface withV ratchet teeth c, similar tothoseon the rod D, before set forth, and with which the pawl F',operated by the spring c', en-

gages. Y

Slightly below the teeth c, the rod D5, is provided with a projection ortooth c', which is adapted to engage when the rod is raised to theposition indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 10,with a pawl Q, which isfulcrumed or pivotally balanced at a suitable point between the sides ofthe casing A, to engage with the arm q, ofthe hood C5, when the same islowered to the position shown by dotted lines. The lower portion of therod D5, is provided withalongitudinal slot d6, within which operates andengages a pin d7,on the free end of a lever d8, which lever is fulcrumedat its other end to the front plate of the casing A, as shown at dg, andhas pivotally secured about its middle a bar e5, which is provided withan arm D', to connect with the projections g, on the operating rod H',and with a lever d, which is fnlcrumed, formed and operatessubstantially as before stated.

In order that the bar d5, may operate vertically without lateralmotion,I pass the same through a bracket g5, secured to the side of thecasing A. In this modification instead of using a box receptacle C', Isimply use a fioor C6, with a projection f, on its under side to contactwith the coat hook G, and hinge the same to the front of the casing A,in a manner similar to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

From the foregoing it will be seen and understood that when the hat isplaced on the hook F, the said hook will be lowered by the weightthereof to the position shown by dotted lines, which operation willcause the arme, to force'the 'pawl F', out of engagement with theratchet c, and thereby allow the hood or cover 05,'to descend until itreaches the floor C6, when the arm q, and the tooth c', will engage thepawl Q, and firmly v lock the hood or covering in position.

While I have shown the casing H, as being separate and apart from thecasing A, yet it is evident that I may form them integral, withoutdeviating from the spirit of my invention. Y

The operation of my device is simple, and as follows: When ready for thereception of Vany of the articles, the device appears as the hat orother garment, suspended on thel hook F, and for the receptacle E. Aswill be clearly understood this operation will liberate the rod D, andallow it to be raised by means of the rod H', which engages therewith,and with the lock I, by means of the arm D and projections g, and g',the latter projection ex- -tending into the slot l, of the plate t', ofthe lock, and engaging with the open slot r2, or fork, between theprongs r, and r', on the cam P, when the upward movement of theoperating bar or handle H', provided and engaging as before stated, withthe projections g, g', and arm D', will cause the camf P, to be raisedto the position indicated in Fig. 5, by dotted lines, the movement ofwhich cam by means of its pin p, operating in the slot n3, of the plateN2, will cause the sliding boltsM, M', and the bead N', to be retractedto the position shown in Fig. 5, which operation removes the plate N2,from interfcrencewith the projections on the shank of the key, and thuspermits thepkey-guide S, to be partially revolved by means of the springs2, till the projections of the key are in alignment with drawn and thegarments or other articles will be securely locked in their respectiveplaces. In order to release or remove the garments or other articles, itwill be necessary to replace the key, when by turning the same, the hoodor covering Vfor the hat may be raised, in which operation the rod D,will be lowered, the covering d2, of the receptacle E, lifted, and thecam P, of the lock will fall to its normal position, as shown in Fig. 4,which will interpose the plate N2, between the projections on thekey-shank, and the opening. s3, in the top of the casing, and preventthe key being removed. By reference to Fig. 5, it will be understoodthat the projection g', on the Yrod or lbar H', which fits intothe forkor open slotvrz, of the cam P, will be locked therein, by reason of thetumblers engaging with the bead N', on the sliding plate N2. It willtherefore be seen and understood that when the key is removed thegarments are locked in, and when the garments are removed, the

key is secured in the lock.

Having thus fully described myinvention,

what I claim as new, and desire/to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination in a hat and coat rack with a receptacle forarticles, of a pivoted cover therefor, and a pivoted hook adapted to ICOIIO

release the cover of the receptacle, whereby a.

or weight placed upon the hook will releasel the cover of the receptaclepermitting it tol be closed and locked, as well as securing the garmentsagainst removal at the same time, and in which the :key to the lock andthearticles cannot both be removed at the same time, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination of the casing A, having openings in litsfsurfacefibrthe operation of the levers and hat hook, and a receptacle for otherarticles with the hook F, pivotally secured to the casing, the inclosurefor the hat and cover :for the receptacle, a connection uniting thesaidinclosure and cover, provided with anzarm toengage a lockingmechanism,

and having the means, substantially as de-` scribed, for rsecuring thePhat-inclosure and receptacle-cover in both a raised and loweredposition, substantially as described.

4L. The combinationof the casing A, having openings in its surface withthe `hook F,=pivv engage a locking mechanism, and having the means,substantially as describedifor securing the hat inclosure in both araised and lowered position, substantially-as described.

5. The combination oflthe casingA, having the openings a,a',.and a2,with the hook .F, having Vthe arm e, pivotally secured 'to the lcasingin the slot a', the hook G, rigidly secured below the hook F, the lowerportion of the hat inclosure, having the projection f, `and hinged tothecasing A, and adapted lto :engage with the Vhook G, the hat :inclosure,having the lever-arm b', fulcrumed in the slot `or, said armbeingpivotally securedfto therod `D,the rod D, having the ratchetc,and.arm D', the spring actuated pawl F', adapted .to `engage theratchet c, when the-rod Dfis in a lowered position, and the arm D', toengage a `locking mechanism, substantially'asand for the purpose setforth.

HENRY WESTPHAL.

Witnesses:

E. A. lDUGfAN, CHAs. C. TILLMAN.

